N. Korea sentences U.S. man to prison

•December 13, 2012

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South Korean house wives shout slogans during a rally denouncing North Korea's rocket launch in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. North Korea successfully fired a long-range rocket on Wednesday, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un took a big step forward in its quest to develop a nuclear missile. The letters read " Denounce North Korea's rocket launch and beat Kim Joung Un". (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korean house wives shout slogans during a rally denouncing North Korea's rocket launch in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. North Korea successfully fired a long-range rocket on Wednesday, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un took a big step forward in its quest to develop a nuclear missile. The letters read " Denounce North Korea's rocket launch and beat Kim Joung Un". (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

American Kenneth Bae, detained for nearly six months in North Korea, has been sentenced to 15 years of "compulsory labor" for unspecified crimes against the state, Pyongyang announced Thursday, May 2, 2013.